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Venezuela Asks Military
To Fight Oil-Field Woes

Dow Jones Newswires

Updated May 6, 2005 12:01 a.m. ET

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's military is increasing its presence in the country's oil industry to counter alleged "sabotage" blamed for persistent production shortfalls in state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela.

"We're evaluating all the installations and we have paralyzed some activities that we consider sabotage," Gen. Melvin Lopez, head of the National Defense Council, said Wednesday. He asserted that...